UTAH VALLEY TRAVELS TO PLAY BOISE STATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT

• Utah Valley (6-6) will wrap up non-league play on the road as the team travels to The Gem State to take on Boise State (8-4) on Friday night at ExtraMile Arena. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
   
• Osiris Grady scored a career-high 16 points and Trevin Dorius added 15 to lead Utah Valley in a 79-63 setback to Liberty on Dec. 20 at the UCCU Center. The loss snapped UVU's 11-game home win streak, which was the eighth-longest home win streak in the country at the time.
   
• Utah Valley has suffered just two losses over the last two seasons in the comfy confines of the UCCU Center. The Wolverines have won 21 of their last 23 games at home.
   
• UVU opened WAC play with a 1-1 record with a win at home over Seattle U and a road loss to Utah Tech. UVU's next WAC game isn't until Jan. 4 against California Baptist at the UCCU Center.
   
• Utah Valley is only one of six teams in the nation that returned players with a total of zero starts from the 2022-23 season. UVU has 11 new players this season, including seven transfers. The only returning players that saw time last season are Jaden McClanahan and Ethan Potter and neither started a game last season.
   
• Todd Phillips enters his first season as the head coach of the Utah Valley basketball team.  Phillips is no stranger to UVU as he spent the past four seasons as an associate head coach/assistant coach under previous head coach Mark Madsen. Phillips helped UVU to two WAC regular season titles (2020-21, 2022-23) and an impressive 70-51 record, including 48 wins over the last two seasons.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Friday night's game at Boise State will be broadcast live on the Mountain West Network. The MW Network is available at themw.com/watch. Jay Tust and Brian King will be on the call for the MW Network broadcast. The game will also be broadcast over the air waves in Utah County with Jim McCulloch on the call. The radio broadcast will be aired live on ESPN 960 AM radio with a live stream available at ESPN960sports.com.  Brice Larson will host the pregame/halftime/postgame show for the game on ESPN 960 AM. 

ABOUT BOISE STATE
Boise State enters Friday's game against Utah Valley with an 8-4 overall record. The team had won five straight games before dropping a 66-61 decision to Washington State in Spokane on Dec. 21. The Broncos are a perfect 6-0 at home this season. The team owns the nation's second-longest home win streak in the nation at 20 games. Boise State had a chance at a tying 3-pointer with 19.5 seconds, but sixth-year guard Max Rice's shot didn't fall to lead to a 66-61 loss to Washington State last week. Junior forward O'Mar Stanley had a career-high 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting with six rebounds and junior forward Tyson Degenhart posted his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds against the Cougars. Senior guard Chibuzo Agbo leads the team in scoring at 15.8 points per game, followed by Degenhart at 15.0 points a contest. Agbo ranks 12th nationally in three-point percentage at 45.8%. Rice and Stanley also average double figures at 10.8 points per game each. Graduate forward Cam Martin leads the team on the boards, pulling down 5.5 rebounds a game. As a team, BSU averages 75.08 points per game while limiting opponents to a 65.83 points per game average. Boise State has made back-to-back appearances at the NCAA Tournament. 

SERIES HISTORY VS. BOISE STATE
Utah Valley (6-4) and Boise State (8-4) will meet up on the basketball hardwood for the eighth time on Friday night. Boise State holds an all-time 6-1 advantage in the series, including a perfect 4-0 mark against the Wolverines in ExtraMile Arena. UVU's lone win in the series was a 74-55 win at home in 2004. Boise State took an 87-69 win over UVU last season in the City of Trees. 

All-Time Results vs. Boise State (BSU leads 6-1)
Nov. 26, 2022    Boise State def. Utah Valley, 87-69        Boise, Idaho
Nov. 09, 2021    Boise State def. Utah Valley, 76-56        Boise, Idaho
Dec. 13, 2007    Boise State def. Utah Valley, 87-77        Orem, Utah
Nov. 09, 2007    Boise State def. Utah Valley, 73-72 (OT)    Boise, Idaho
Dec. 17, 2005    Boise State def. Utah Valley, 79-62        Orem, Utah
Nov. 27, 2004    Utah Valley def. Boise State, 74-55        Orem, Utah
Nov. 24, 2003    Boise State def. Utah Valley, 80-68        Boise, Idaho

LAST TIME vs.  BOISE STATE: Boise State 87, Utah Valley 69 (Boise, Idaho)
Justin Harmon scored a team-high 19 points and Trey Woodbury added 13 to lead Utah Valley in an 87-69 road loss to Boise State on Nov. 26, 2022 at ExtraMile Arena in Boise, Idaho.